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Chapter 635: Parliaree

The Speaker sat stony-faced in the silence after the holograht back by Commander Lan Jue and his Star Division It’s the only inforht our researchers a lot about the aliens Most iy What we’ve learned froer than we’d assumed Our people will suffer and pay with their lives wherever this enee While I understand that the coestion – to evacuate the people to better defended areas – is difficult, that it will affect the plans we have crafted and even undermine the foundation of this asse lives it is the best course of action”

Murth of these aliens had been revealed to theons couldn’t stand against an invading are The Accountant’s analyses were particularly troubling Many aliens were spied on the alien planet’s surface that could rival human capital ships However it was the planet itself that was their most fearsome weapon It could be anywhere at any ti all life in an instant

A choice had to be made Commander Lan Jue had called for a mass evacuation Sets while their citizens found succor closer together They could wait out the battle in relative safety Until the armies of man fell, their citizens would not suffer the brunt of alien hostility

But, what about when it was tireatly It was a question of unity and obeisance Western and Northern govern a lot less polite conversations around this decision

“Mister Speaker!” An elderly parlia to the inforerous In fact, they are a threat to our continued existence I also support the suggestion put forward by Coh to view the problem from a wider perspective For instance, how could we respond if we evacuate these planets, only to have the West or North occupy them in our stead? If the aliens pass us by then not only have we suffered trenty may be at risk Remember that the planets which are most attractive to these beasts are also the ones that empower them We evacuate these planets and leave thethen our foes”

The elderly ain with a valiant expression of determination on his face “There will need to be sacrifices for the future of the Eastern Alliance To me, it seems the best method is to quarter our interstellar fleets within Eastern space If the aliens shoill be capable of an ih this plan will put several iovernment planets and their people at considerable risk, it is the best for our Alliance overall In the end, we must also consider there is a one-in-three chance the aliens will even come our way”

It sounded cruel, to sacrifice these planets for the security of thethem behind as fodder Several faces in the chamber went pale

“I cannot accept that” Eastern Alliance’s Prinant voice rang through the chale life is priceless, and the overn thereement with the Speaker; I would rather suffer a loss of resources, than to lose our people Let the West and North do as they will If they choose to take advantage of us in the face of this apocalyptic threat, then they shall reveal themselves as an enemy to hu uan stood aht The East was supposed to be better off At least when it came to the aliens there appeared to have been so out of the West and North made him even more nervous

All of the data recovered from An Lun was poured over Sensitive overn they could to their counterparts in the other Alliances Initial reports, however, revealed thatthe East of deliberate fabrication So so far as to denounce the East as eneards this was to be expected considering the scandalous way in which the wedding between Richard and Qianlin had ended The Austin fareat deal of political clout in the West, and their rancor for the East was no secret They were lobbying as hard as they could for the Western congress to ignore any further correspondence frouan and his adh Revealing the West’s distrust would only make matters worse At the same time they could find no means to convince them otherwise The West had thrown a lot of resources at scouting but weren’t looking in the right place They believed, like all the others, that the aliens were going to come from outside human space They even reputedly had some data from deep space, a fact that renderedwith different nu the other

The aliens hadn’t made their move, but already humanity was in disarray Discord was the worst situation they could find themselves in, but here it was